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Internally displaced persons and mental health issues: A review analysis

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Pages: 171-176
Rebeka Debbarma1, Chandrika Basu Majumdar2, and Anjana Bhattacharjee3 (ICSSR, New Delhi1, Department of Political Science, Tripura University, Tripura2, and Department of Psychology, Tripura University, Tripura3)

Internally displaced persons (IDPs) are persons or groups of persons who have been forced to leave their homes or places of habitual residence in order to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, violations of human rights or natural or human-made disasters, and who have not crossed an internationally recognized State border. IDPs experiences risk of physical attack, sexual assault, and abduction and frequently are deprived of adequate shelter, food and health. Thus experiencing traumatic events can cause different types of mental health disorders among the IDPs populations. Mental disorders are conditions that causes disturbance in thinking, feeling, mood, and behavior. Depression, anxiety, PTSD, etc. are the mental health issues which are very much common among the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPS). Numerous literatures have indicated that individuals who were internally displaced experienced higher rates of mental health problems than people who were not displaced. In this backdrop, the present paper is an attempt to provide a systematic review of evidence about the mental health issues of the IDPs across the globe. Further this study also tries to suggest some measures for enhancing mental health and well-being of Internally Displaced Persons

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Pages: 171-176
Rebeka Debbarma1, Chandrika Basu Majumdar2, and Anjana Bhattacharjee3 (ICSSR, New Delhi1, Department of Political Science, Tripura University, Tripura2, and Department of Psychology, Tripura University, Tripura3)